Ice-making plant.



H. MGGHESLEY.

ICE MAKING PLANT.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 18,1907.

903,755. Y Patented Nov. 10,1908.

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ICE-MAMNG PLAN T.

`Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Application led July 18, 1907. Serial No. $841,461.

To all whom 'it may concern:

.Be it known that l, HUGH McCI-insLEY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Livermore, in the moreland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIce-Making Plants, o-f which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in an ice making plant, and theinvention has for its object to provide a novel apparatus for sprinklingand collecting water, whereby water can congeal and freeze to produceice.

My invention aims to provide an `ice making plant or apparatusparticularly designed for rural districts, where "mountain streams areutilized during the winter for roducing ice. ln this connection myplantor apparatus is intended to continuously produce ice when thetemperature of the apparatus is below freezing, the ice being removedfrom the plant or apparatus immediately after a sufficient thickness ofice has been obtained. To this end, l construct a portable platform'uponwhich is arranged a yplurality of partitions, these partitions dividingthe platform according .to the size of the cakes-of ice to be formed.Over the platform is arranged a sprinkler frame for equally distributingwater to the various compartments of the platform. Between thepartitions or at advantageous points, l arrange explosive caps which areelectrically controlled, the detonations of said caps being suicient tovibrate the partitions and loosen the cakes of ice, whereby the cakescan be easily removed from the platform, the partitions replaced and theformation of ice continued.

rlfhe detailed construction entering. into my invention will bepresently described and then specifically pointed-out in the appendedclaims.

ln the drawin sz-Figure'lis a cross lsectional View of t e plant orapparatus, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a erspective View ofa portion of the partit1ons of the apparatus, and Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view of a portion of the plant, illustrating the formation ofice.

rll`he ice making plant or apparatus consiste of a platform 1 su portedin an elevated lposition by standards or beams 2. Upon the platform 1 isplaced a metallic county of West.

for small explosive caps or torpe basin 3 having upwardly bent edges 4.In the basin 3 are arranged transverse partitions 5 and longitudinallydisposed partitions 6, said partitions having tieir vertical edgescontiguous to openings 7 formed in the partitions 5, these openingsbeing provided oes 8, connected by wires 9 to a battery 10, locatedadjacent to the plant or apparatus. The caps or torpedoes 8 are of asize as not to shatter the ice when exploded but of sufficient power totransmit the concussion to the partition 6 whereby the cakes of ice willbe loosened 'from the partitions so that the cakes of ice can beremoved. The electric current through the wires 9 is controlled by aconventional form of switch'll.

The ends of the platform 1 are provided with bearings 12 for 'alongitudinally disposed pipe 14 having outwardlyextendingbranch pipes 15overlying'the platform 1. The pipes 14 and 15 constitute a frame fordistr1buting water upon the basin 3 and these pipes can be fed from aspring, mountain stream or suitable source of good water. At the sidesof the platform 1, l arrange inclined chutes or gangways 16 for removingthe ice formed upon'the basin.

As illustrated in Fig. 4t' of the drawings, the pipes 14C and 15 arecapped as at 17 and perforated as at 18 for equally distributing waterupon the basin.

From the construction of the plant or apparatuslit will be apparent thatl have relied upon nature to freeze the water precipitated upon thebasin 3, and l calculate that when the temperature of the atmosphere isbelow freezing -point that the water will be frozen as fast as it issprinkled upon the basin. Immediately upon the formation of ice reachinga desired thickness, the switch 11 can" be closed, the caps or torpedoes8 exploded, and the concussion is transmitted to the partitions whichaction will loosen the cakes of ice. These latter can be readily removedfrom the chutes or gangways to a storage house or plant.

'llhe simplicity of construction lpermits of the apparatus beingtransported, or the parts thereof disassembled and. stored away duringthe warm seasons of the year.

The apparatus or plant can be made upon a very large scale to produce alarge quantity of ice by one flooding of the platform or in a shortperiod of time.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to seeureby Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a suitable source of water supply, a platform, abasin carried by sa-idplatform, partitions arranged upon said basin,some of said partitions having openings formed therein, electricallydetonated caps located in said openings, and a sprinkler frameV arrangedabove said artivtions and connecting Vwith said supp y oit'- water.A

2. An ice making plant lembodying a platform, a basin carried thereby,partitions arranged in said basin, caps arranged in some of saidpartitions and between others, an electric battery for exploding. saidcaps,

whereby the concussion is tra/nsmitted to the partitions and the icecakes loosened therefrom a sprinkler frame located over said partitions.v

3. An ice making plant consisting of a basin, partitions arrangedtherein, a water sprinkling frame arranged above said partitions, andmeans located in some of said partitions for separating cakes of icefrom said partitions.

In testimony whereof I aiX my signature i in the presence of twowitnesses.v

HUGH MCCHESLEY.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HARBnsoN, M. E. LEIGHNER.

